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Author Pilcher, Jeffrey M., 1965-

Title Planet taco : a global history of Mexican food / Jeffrey M. Pilcher.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-282) and index.
Contents Introduction: A Tale of Two Tacos -- Part I. Proto-Tacos -- Maize and the Making of Mexico -- Burritos in the Borderlands -- Part II. National Tacos -- From the Pastry War to Parisian Mole -- The Rise and Fall of the Chili Queens -- Inventing the Mexican American Taco -- Part III. Global Tacos -- The First Wave of Global Mexican -- The Blue Corn Bonanza -- Conclusion: The Battle of the Taco Trucks -- Glossary.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Cooking, Mexican -- History.
Cooking, Mexican -- Social aspects -- History.
Ethnicity -- Mexico.
Food habits -- Mexico -- History.
Globalization -- Social aspects -- History.
Mexican Americans -- Food -- History.
Sovereignty -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- History.
Tacos -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Pilcher, Jeffrey M., 1965- Planet taco : a global history of Mexican food Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012 xv, 311 pages : illustrations, maps 9780199740062 (DLC) 2012014835
ISBN 9780199740062 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780199908486 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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